STYLE PROPS

Can anyone recommend

1. A good primer (the orange smashbox isnt doing it for me)

2. Industrial strength pore minimizer or preferrably pore disappearer

3. A place i can find some flatish red maryjanes

i also need #2. i like the dr. brandt pores no more i tried a sample of, but it's so expensive and i wish it had spf or something to justify it being $45.

preferably i want a tinted moisturizer or foundation/pore minimizer/spf all in one. does that exist?

Sunny, I feel really strongly that shoe questions that specific can only be answered by searching. I don't think I have time to do an internet-wide shoes search today, though. Try endless.com, they do free overnight shipping and free returns and I got shoes I like a lot from there.

Basically you want online places that allow you to narrow your search by heel height and color, to make it easier.

L, ive been searching for red mary janes for years. no go. the closest ive seen are basically flats with a thin strap which they call a mary jane which really arent. :( it was a shot in the dark.

Believe me, I'd like nothing better than to scroll through pages and pages of shoes until my eyes cross. Unfortunately, I need to keep my job.

mac prep + prime spf 50 might be something to check out: primer/pore minimizer/heavy-duty sun protection all in one. i've not used it, though, so no idea how it actually works.

also, i like benefit's dr. feelgood. it's not a primer, exactly, but it mattifies and somewhat minimizes pores/fine lines. it's supposed to go either over or under makeup, but it can be worn on its own as well.

hmm these both sound v v intersting!

i actually have MACs Prep and Prime and it worked great for a while, so great I had one of those "WOAH" moments in the mirror, but now doesnt seem to be working? or maybe im used to it now and cant tell?

Can any people out there who have had red hair longer than I help me with makeup?? I've got relatively pale ivory pinkish skin (made to look a little more ivory because of my hair colour, phew) and bright red (Ronald McDonald) hair, with brown eyes. I end up with light gold shadow, heavy mascara & red lips, or electric blue shadow, heavy mascara & medium pink lipgloss every day it seems, purple looked bad, green makes me nervous.. I don't know how to spice up my eyes!

I don't understand how purple can look bad? I use a sort of shimmery light violet whenever I wear red near my face.

Also remember there's always silver and grey.

xpost I will take a picture next time but it just kinda felt like.. way too much! Which is a pity, because I only really got into the purple when I had orange hair, just recently.. maybe I just did it too thick/too big or something.

Mmmm, silver and grey. I think I have to google a website that shows you *how* to put on stuff like that - silver makes me look kind of like a robot at my own hands :( I think the lightness of the silver turns white on my skin and makes me look like a bleaching victim.

augh sorry to be like "shoot you down, shoot you down, shoot you down." I suck!

haha me too!

Nah, it's okay! You gotta do what works for you.

Speaking of shooting down, I just found like 5 pairs of red mary janes on endless but none are flats, all are medium-to-high heels.

frustrating. theyre either weird almost sportshoe crossovers or heels or ballet flats. so annoying.

the worst part is that i saw a pair, maybe 8 years ago, that i LOVED buti waited too long and they sold out. so now im forever chasing those shoes.

Hmm. Here's the first real prospect I've found, although I don't love the styling.

i used to love me some red doc marten mary janes.

who wouldn't?

Too clunky! :D

they weren't at the time.

This one is actually sparkly and a more classic shape!

I don't normally recommend Steve Madden but hey, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

This Ecco is a teeny bit sporty in the heel but a brighter, truer red than the other ones so far.

Here, the strap is a tiny bit farther up than is proper but not all the way front like some of them.

Pricey, but by far the nicest thing I've suggested so far!

for real, those are great

I want all the red shoes!!!

but mostly the last pair.

i do need something like this too, tho in a darker colour, but really haven't been shoe shopping/trying - i really like these frey shoes, but comments say toe area is small, which wld prob not work for my feet but still...

ohman but i did find 2nd-hand cowboy boots on the wkend for $18!!! they are rad. i am a cowgirl.

and by frey i mean frye

that last pair is nice! the problem is my huge wide feet just dont look right in delicate shoes. I have to go for tall or chunky.

For pete's sake. In that case, do Dr Mart's still make an oxblood Mary Jane?

haha...sort of but not ideal. picky, huh?

Well, the problem I forsee is that chunky shoes, apart from like platforms or clogs going in and out of fashion (and you already said you require flats) tend to be a) meant for younger wearers, and b) not of the quality one wants over age, let's say, 26.

Plus Mary Janes are a young style anyway. I feel like the two super-highways they can go down are "Rocketdog-style teenage trendiness probably made of plastic" and "minimal, ballet slipper-ish, the Mary Jane grows up". In other words, I wouldn't have fished through 46 pages of red shoes if I'd know you wanted something "chunky". :)

Fluevogs?

well those elusive mjs were from when i was 26ish so maybe this is really me chasing my youth! Really, thanks for looking xx

Fluevogs could be the answer. ive always had a thing for their blue w/ green shoes. they seem to have moved away from that weird goth heel which is good.

these arent maryjanes but they hint at them and if they were in red id buy the shit out of them. i do kind of love the cream though.

http://www.fluevog.com/code/?pp=5&view=detail&p=40&colourID=2167

freakin adorable omg

if this only had one strap:

http://www.fluevog.com/code/?pp=10&view=detail&p=85&colourID=2067

They do have a cherry red mary jane flat but it's got some white stitching or cut-work on it, and it's a little...young. Did you see?

ah yes i see that one. that red is a little too vivacious.

i love this thread. sunny and Laurel, you guys should team up as picky consumer + patient personal shopper more often.

i have no helpful advice, except don't buy the NARS primer because it sucks and is also expensive.

i want some saccos. my friend said they are the most comfortable ever but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I feel like I've had one or two pair, undoubtedly from DSW.

I CAN'T STOP

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/content/ebiz/cloggs/invt/4345/4345_Red-Overun.jpg

WANT

http://www.shoe-shop.com/content/ebiz/shoeshop/invt/sch110222/sch110222_Red_m.jpg

converted! i really like the second to last ones

FINALLY. THANK GOD.

yes i think those look like what you're looking for!
2nd pair - so totally laurel haha

i bought this pair of rocket dogs because all my shoes are falling apart and have holes in them because i've been putting off shoe buying for so long and the rocket dogs fit fine in the store and then i wore them one day and they tore my feet up really bad so now i can not wear them and still have no shoes and i am wearing crappy flip flops today. anyway, i think this means: new shoes time! where should i go?! maybe i will buy after work tonight?

DSW! Or Cent 21 but that's kind of taking your life in yr hands and is still not "on sale" enough for me usually.

i have been to dsw. nothing.

maybe the bk one, but i dont' feel like going all the way out there.

There a Juno place on Broadway between uh Spring and Greene, I think, that often has shoes I like. They run a tiny bit Eurotrash but you can navigate around those, it's not as bad as most of the 8th St shoe ghetto places. Anyway they have frequent sales, or "buy one, get one half price" or whatever. And if you don't find anything there, you can mosey another block south to the David Z's or whatever it's called these days, they have all the Bronx styles which are omni-present I'm afraid but honestly pretty cute and not terribly made.

i think that store closed or moved?

Oh feh, did it? I haven't been in a few months probably.

I'm IN LOVE with endless.com for shoes, they have free overnight shipping! And free return shipping too, I think.

hmmm... i am feeling really picky about comfort and fit, so i'm worried i would be shipping and returning for 3 weeks before i found something. i do not mind spending $ if they are well made and comfortable/supportive, btw. does not have to be bargain store.

Well, my last new pair of shoes were soem Clark's sandals and I adore them, they're the most comfortable things right out of the box, no breaking in. A++++ could walk forever, and you know how I feel about walking.

post pic pls!

i am totally afraid of the folly that will be my feet + actually buying online shoes i have never put on said feet

yes! this!

These in orange! I see the little fuckers just went on sale, too, so now I might need to buy the white ones as well.

oh yeah i remember you posting those! orange are great! clarks fit my feet reallly well. hmmm

hahaha i was just looking at the gold ones!

so they are really comfy?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS. And my feet are wide-ish across the toes, too.

hmmmm i may have to consider a purchase! my last pair of clarks was comfy!

I am having a real crisis over how to cover my legs at the moment. Bored with jeans i have too many, will be a while before my wool trousers see utility again, what should I be wearing?

Seriously, Ed, you're just going to conclude that the answer is "an orange jumpsuit" or "a sarong" or something equally kooky, and you can do that without our input.

WETSUIT

CATSUIT

BATSUIT

the possibilities are endless.

how do you feel about linen trousers?

I love linen trousers, I have not seen a nice pair to buy this year, my old ones seem a little tatty.

My orange jump suit is for special occasions. I guess I am looking for things that are not jeans, cords, wool. I got a great pair of John Varamos trousers in the Barney's Warehouse sale this january, which are great if a little dull, but they were only afordable because they were super discounted. I always have trouble with trousers.

seersucker?

Not the craziest idea, where to buy seersucker?

that i am not sure of. are you in uk or nyc atm?

uk till the 5th of August

But probably will shop in NYC as it is so very much cheaper.

Hmm rather like the idea of black striped seersucker, maybe these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-Black-White-Seersucker-Bills-Khakis-M1-Pants-Sz-38_W0QQitemZ310042717734QQihZ021QQcategoryZ57989QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

thanks

fun! very m white!

Indeed, I think they would go well with my sand coloured linen jacket. I think I'd need a non-busy shirt to go with them, something I lack.

so... i think i just bought what sunny is looking for, from sacco. they only do them in black, though (i asked!).

t, you should check them out (17th btw 5th and bway). t

yeah, i walk by that store all the time and am afraid to go in bc of $$ but i think i am at the point where i will spend $$ for good shoes bc i can't fuck around w/ the crap anymore.

ooo..i kind of love these:

http://saccoshoes.com/istarimages/mp/L425!PHEAT-11.jpg

no way id fit in them though :(

so pretty!

sassy!
xpost really?
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yeah iw as browsing their site and landed on those, too! so cute! the top view is awesome.

http://saccoshoes.com/istarimages/mp/L425%21PHEAT-108.jpg

ooh i like the gold too

their stuff is mad comfortable, too.

i got a shiseido primer w/ spf 15 today. will report back on goodness.